Lukasz Olejnik
Just a few months after the launch of ChatGPT, copywriters and graphic designers (freelancers) have been affected by a significant drop in the number of contracts received, and in those that have received them - a drop in earnings. being more skilled was no shield against loss of work or earnings. Being more skilled was no shield against loss of work or earnings
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4527336 #ai #aftificialintelligence #chatgpt #gpt
Nov 10, 2023 at 3:24pmWeb
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Nov 11, 2023
THAT @LukaszOlejnik is the whole point: destroy all those pesky "liberal arts" jobs.
Show threadHoward CohenNov 11, 2023
@LukaszOlejnik AI won't directly kill us. It will displace our income and society will kill us.
Show threadChurchHatesTucker ☑Nov 11, 2023
@LukaszOlejnik I see what you did there.
Show threadCristin PescosolidoNov 11, 2023

@LukaszOlejnik

the irony of when someone writes something critical of LLMs but ends up repeating themselves and sounding like an LLM by accident.

Show threadMiKlo:~/citizen4.eu$💙💛Nov 11, 2023
@LukaszOlejnik However, it would be better (more honest?) if these graphs had correct ranges on the Y axis.
Show threadnearNov 12, 2023

@LukaszOlejnik the data set used in this study may be flawed.

"We note that, on average, a freelancer starts a job once every three months, for an average monthly pay of $171. There exists, however, substantial variation across both months and freelancers." [p. 6]

p.20 shows that the 95th percentile makes $550 monthly. i'm not sure this can be considered representative.

Show threadfalkduebbertNov 12, 2023

@LukaszOlejnik ok. You are basing your theory on a 0.04 decrease in a timeframe, in which interest rates rose to 20-year-highs and which falls to the beginning of a year, when budgets are tight anyway.

DID YOU CHECK WHETHER THE AUTHOR OF THE STUDY IS ACTUALLY HUMAN?

Show threadIan SudberyNov 17, 2023

@LukaszOlejnik

John Burn Murdoch wrote about this and other research on the topic:

https://on.ft.com/40FuefH (gift link)

The paper that you cite was based on a study of UpWork - copywriting work on that platform tends to be the high volume, low value sor, i think.

A friend who does that sort of work tells me it checks out with what they are experiencing. Make sense: Prices per word are already low, and the idea is to get something, anything, down asap. Ideal work for LLMs.

Here’s what we know about generative AI’s impact on white-collar work

Some jobs are vulnerable to automation but if you’re a ‘cyborg’ or a ‘centaur’ you can work better with robot help

Financial Times
Show threadOMNov 17, 2023
@LukaszOlejnik
Good, now, more and more people can finally feel what we translators feel since a couple of years... loss of work and earnings, loss of consideration too.
Time to unite and do something against it ?
Show threadFlorian Schroiff Nov 18, 2023

@LukaszOlejnik if you just need word salad to fill your pages ChatGPT is certainly a great option. I hope people will be able to discern filler from thoughtfully written text.

Another important role of the professional writer or designer is protecting their clients from their worst impulses. It will be easy to spot the cheapskate.